Public Act 100-0219
 
SB0666 EnrolledLRB100 07900 AWJ 17972 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Township Code is amended  by changing Section 
45-50 as follows:
 



    (60 ILCS 1/45-50)



    Sec. 45-50. Caucus procedures. 

    (a) The rules of procedure for conducting a township or 
multi-township
caucus must be approved and may be amended by a 
majority vote of the qualified
participants attending the 
caucus.  No participant shall be able to participate
or vote at 
any township or multi-township caucus if the person is or was 
at
anytime during the 12 months before the caucus any of the 
following:

        (1) An elected or appointed public official of another 
    established
political party.

        (2) An elected or appointed officer, director, 
    precinct committeeman or
representative of the township 
    committeeman of another established political
party.

        (3) A judge of election under Article 13 or 14 of the 
    Election Code for
another statewide established political 
    party.

        (4) A voter who voted in the primary election of 
    another statewide
established political party different 
    from the party holding the caucus.


    (b) The rules of procedure shall include the following:

        (1) No caucus shall commence earlier than 6:00 p.m.

        (2) The caucus shall commence at the place specified in 
    the notice of
caucus.

        (3) Procedures by which qualified caucus participants 
    determine by a
majority vote the duties of caucus judges of 
    election.  Caucus judges of
election shall be appointed by a 
    majority vote of the township or
multi-township central 
    committee. No judge of the Supreme Court, appellate
court, 
    or circuit court or associate judge shall serve as a caucus 
    judge of
election.

        (4) Nominations for selection as a candidate shall be 
    accepted from any
qualified participant of the caucus.

        (5) The method of voting (i.e., written ballot, voice 
    vote, show of hands,
standing vote) for determining the 
    candidate or candidates selected for
nomination.

        (6) Whether candidates will be selected as a slate or 
    as individual
nominees for each office.

        (7) Whether written notice of intent to be a caucus 
    nominee is required.

        (8) Other rules deemed necessary by the central 
    committee at
the time the rules are promulgated or by the 
    majority of the qualified
caucus participants when the 
    rules are being considered at their meeting.

        (9) A participant in a caucus shall be entitled to only 
    one vote for each office for which he or she is voting. A 
    participant's vote shall not be weighted to be equal to 
    more than one vote. 
    (c) Individuals participating at an established political 
party township
or multi-township caucus shall comply with each 
of the following:

        (1) A participant shall be registered under Article 4, 
    5, or 6 of
the Election Code.

        (2) A participant shall be registered within the 
    territory for
which the nomination is made.

        (3) A participant shall sign an affidavit that he or 
    she is a registered
voter and affiliated with the 
    established political party holding the caucus.

        (4) A participant shall not take part in the 
    proceedings of more
than one established political party 
    township and multi-township caucus for the
same election. 
    This requirement also applies to the township and 
    multi-township
clerks.

        (5) A participant shall not sign a petition of 
    nomination for an
independent or new political party 
    candidate for the same election.

        (6) A participant shall not become an independent 
    candidate or a
candidate
of another established political 
    party or a new political party for the
same election.

    (d) The voters participating at an established political 
party township or
multi-township caucus shall not select for 
nomination more candidates than
there are to be elected for 
each office.

    (e) No candidate for nomination at a township or 
multi-township caucus
shall be required to do either of the 
following:

        (1) Circulate and file nominating petitions to become a 
    candidate at the
caucus.

        (2) File a fee to become a candidate at the caucus.

(Source: P.A. 92-119, eff. 1-1-02.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.